Telephone attachment.



J. 0. FOX.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION rum) JUN}; 18, 1901.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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JOSEPH G. FOX, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed June 18, 1907. Serial No. 379,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH C. Fox, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Vashington, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone rkttachments, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide means through the medium of which the requirement of holding the receiver of a telephone by hand will be obviated.

A further object is to provide a device of this nature which can be adjusted to position the receiver to various positions of the head of the person using the telephone.

\Vith the above and other objects in view to be referred to as the description progresses, the invention resides in the structural features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and succinctly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views; Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a desk telephone provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of my invention, shown removed from the telephone, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the clamp secured to the shank of the telephone and illustrating more clearly the normal position of the catch relatively to the hook switch of the telephone.

My improved telephone receiver support comprises a body or shank composed of a plurality of sections 1, 1 which are adjustable longitudinally one on the other, and each of these sections is provided with edge extensions 2 which are bent to form guides embracing the other section. At points adjacent guides 2, the shank sections are formed with cut outs or notches 8 adapted to receive the inturned end portions of the guides 2 when it is desired to separate the component sections of the shank, for shipping purposes or the like.

Shank section 1 is provided at its outer end with a depending arm or stem 4 which normally is engaged with means for supporting the device in position. In the present showing my improvement is disclosed as being applied to a desk telephone of a well known type, the same embodying the upright body or shank 5 which is slotted for reception of the hook switch 6, on which receiver 7 is, as now practiced, normally supported. The supporting means therefor comprises a clamp 8 secured to the body or shank of the telephone, as clearly shown in F 1 and 3, the said clamp having a socket 9, provided by the wall extensions 9, in which stem 4 is removable forward.

Section 1. is provided at its outer end portion with a bracket 10 pivoted by pin 11 for swinging on said section, said bracket having an upwardly extending portion to which is pivoted by a pin 12, a pair of curved resilient arms 13 which constitute the means for removably securing the receiver 7 in position.

In conjunction with the construction hereinbefore described I provide a catch 14 for holding the hook switch (3 lowered to the position which it would occupy when weighted by the receiver, thereby enabling me to at all times have the receiver supported by mechanical means in a position for convenient use for hearing or receiving the message, without interfering with the proper working of switch 6. Catch 14 is pivoted at 15 to a plate 16, secured to clamp 8 (see Fig. 3) the means for securing said plate in position, as now considered, comprising a set screw 17 which passes through a slot 18 formed in said plate, and secured in a threaded aperture in clamp 8 as will be readily understood. Slot 18 permits of clamp 8 being adjusted to swing shank 1 whereby the receiver will be brought nearer or moved from the person using the telephone, without disturbing the proper relationship between catch 14 and switch 6.

Sections 1, 1 are curved so that the outer end portion of section 1 will lie well forward of the transmitter of the telephone, the degree of such projection being determined by the adjustment of said sections one on the other.

In operation, catch 14 can be readily released when desired by operating the handle or thumb pieces 19, and as switch 6 moves upwardly from the catch a spring 20 re turns the catch to its normal position. \Vhen the operator has finished his conversation it is merely necessary that he should force switch 6 downward as the switch during such movement strikes cam surface 21 of catch 14, and forces said catch out of its path. When the switch is lowered to the position shown in Fig. 3, catch 14 is returned to its normal position by spring 20. If desired, stops, as 21, may be provided for limiting the throw of the catch.

In View of the foregoing it will be readily perceived that I have provided an attachment for telephones by means of which the receiver can be held permanently in position for use Without requiring handling by the operator, such attachment permitting of a number of adjustments whereby the receiver can be quickly positioned as desired by different parties using the telephone.

lVhile I have herein described a preferred embodiment of my invention I reserve the right to make various changes in the details of construction and I further desire it understood that the body or shank of my attachment with the resilient arms 13 can be readily secured in position adjacent a telephone by other means than that herein shown, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the type set forth comprising a support composed of two sections slidable one on the other, guides on the respec tive sections of said support, the guides of one section embracing the other section, each of said sections being formed with notches adjacent the guides thereof, and means on said support for adjustably holding the receiver of a telephone.

2. In combination with a telephone, a support, means thereon for holding the receiver of said telephone, a clamp on said telephone to which said support is secured, means adjustably secured to said clamp to allow the latter to be turned on said telephone, and a catch pivotally supported on said last means engaging the switch of said telephone to prevent movement thereof.

3. In combination with a telephone, a support, means thereon for holding the receiver of said telephone, a clamp on said telephone to which said support is secured, means adjustably secured to said clamp to allow the latter to be swung on said telephone, and a spring pressed catch pivoted to said last named means and engaging the switch of said telephone to prevent movement thereof, said catch being provided at its upper end with a cam portion, for the purpose specified.

4. In combination with a telephone, a support, means thereon for holding the receiver of said telephone, means on said telephone to which said support is secured, means adjustably secured to said last means to allow the latter to be turned on said telephone, and a catch supported on said last means engaging the switch of said telephone to prevent movement thereof.

5. In combination with a telephone, a support, means thereon for holding the receiver of said telephone, means securing said support to said telephone, and a spring pressed catch normally engaged with the switch of said telephone, said catch having its upper portion provided with a cam surface and being pivoted to said last means at a point below the switch of said telephone.

Signed at Seattle, \Vashington this 11th day of June 1907.

JOSEPH C. FOX. Witnesses:

FRANK E. ADAMS, I-IERoHunR JOHNSTON. 

